PFAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, September 19 /PRNewswire/ -- With their launch of the ArchivistaBox 2008/IX, Archivista, a Swiss open source software company, has released the only open source text recognition software worldwide that can create searchable PDF files.

The majority of current text recognition or OCR (optical character recognition) programs run only on Windows systems and can be purchased for prices from around 100 Euro upwards. When, however, thousands or millions of pages are to be processed, then expensive volume licenses, that are based on a price per scanned page, are required.

INNSBRUCK, Austria, September 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty seven medical experts in psychiatry from across the world have called on the medical community to take urgent action to optimize services for people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder(i).

Professor W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker, principal author of Comorbid Somatic Illnesses in Patients with Severe Mental Disorders: Clinical, Policy, and Research Challenges which was published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, together with leading physicians, confirmed that compared to the general public there were serious inequalities in the physical health of patients with severe mental illness and a shorter life expectancy, due primarily to cardiovascular disease.

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- This BREEAM Certification for Design and Procurement is Industry First for Green Datacentres

NEW YORK, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Credit Crisis Threatens Leading Financial Services Brands Coca-Cola Maintains its No. 1 Spot; Google's Brand Soars; Merrill Lynch's Plummets

Google, Apple, Amazon.com, Zara and Nintendo are among this year's top gainers in Interbrand's annual ranking of The Best Global Brands, and not surprisingly, financial services giants Merrill Lynch, Citi and Morgan Stanley are among the companies that have slipped dramatically down the list.

Coca-Cola (No. 1) remains the best global brand for the eighth year in a row. Yet, a notable shift in this year's rankings was made by IBM, which took over the No. 2 position from Microsoft (No. 3). Google also moved into the top 10 brands, at No. 10, after ranking at No. 20 in 2007.

LONDON, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Metallica Plays to a Record Crowd of 18,000

Ticketmaster (NASDAQ:TKTM), the world's leading live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, is pleased to announce for the first time ever in a concert setting in the United Kingdom, an entire arena was scanned in with our new, fan-friendly Paperless Ticket(TM) technology. More than 7000 tickets were scanned or swiped in the first 45 minutes with more than 18,000 fans admitted in total in just over 2 hours.

LONDON, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Firex India - 16-18 October 2008 - Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

One of India's most influential associations, the Fire and Safety Association of India (FSAI), has voiced its support of the inaugural Firex India exhibition, which is launching on the 16-18 October at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India. Firex India has been developed to run alongside security event IFSEC India 2008 in response to the rapid national economic development of India and the increasing role the fire industry plays in this development.